Green Bay Packers' Darnell Savage injures hamstring in 'Family Night' practice

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers starting safety Darnell Savage suffered a hamstring injury during the team's traditional «Family Night» practice at Lambeau Field on Friday.

During one-on-one matchups between receivers and defensive backs early in practice, Savage pulled up while trying to cover Amari Rodgers. Savage, a first-round draft pick in 2019, watched the rest of practice from the sideline with ice wrapped around his right leg.

«I don't think it's a concern,» Savage said. «It's a fast-people injury. Some of those things you can't avoid. I'll just handle it the right way and listen to those guys back there and I'll be all right.»

Early in training camp, Green Bay's defense has mostly had its way with an offense that's led by four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers but is adjusting to playing without All-Pro receiver Davante Adams. With Vernon Scott replacing Savage in the lineup, the defense's strong play continued.

During a red zone period, the starting offense ran seven plays inside the 10-yard line but scored only once. Rodgers zipped a touchdown pass to tight end Marcedes Lewis against tight coverage from rookie linebacker Quay Walker on the second play.

After that, safety Adrian Amos broke up a pass to Randall Cobb, linebacker De'Vondre Campbell stopped Aaron Jones on a jet-sweep-style flip from Rodgers, safety Shawn Davis almost intercepted a pass intended for Allen Lazard, and defensive tackle Dean Lowry dropped Jones on a run from the 2.

«I think there's some things we're doing a great job with, and there's a lot of areas for improvement,» coach Matt LaFleur said. «One thing that we've kind of challenged our defense on is the consistency with stopping the run, and then I think they've done a pretty nice